How can BRAX3 protect us from SPYWARE Especially PHISING ATTACKS?

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  1. How can BRAX3 Protect us from SYWARE?

  2. How Can our Camera and Microphone be Protected by BRAX3

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Hey there.
Just to clarify - the protection from spyware is tied to the OS you’re using. Since the BraX3 ships with iodeOS by default, I will answer about how iodeOS protects.

You can disable camera and microphone via the privacy control menu.
As for spyware - you need to be more cautious of what apps you’re installing. As much as you can, install and use open-sourced apps. If you can not find a good open-source app that does the job for you - make sure to download apps via the pre-installed Aurora store, to at least ensure you’re getting the actual app from the developers, and not some trojan.

The iodeOS has a network traffic analyzer, that shows you what connections your phone makes, what apps it sends data to and where are the servers of these apps located. By using the analyzer, you can see how intrusive apps are.

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In short, phones dont protect you from spyware. You protect you from spyware. No device on the planet can overcome irresponsible users. Dont just install any app willy-nilly cuz it sounds cool. Look in Aurora and see if it has trackers, etc. Don’t install apps for things like your bank or Aamazon when you can simply log into those accounts from within the browser. A small convenience the app brings is not worth the access to your data that the app grants to teh developers. Just use a browser to login to everything you can.

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What if you use the Brax3 phone only for an internet identity that has Only intentional fake or misleading information ie “contacts” location, screen name ( old aol system), real phone number, age, images, time zone, interests, searches, socioeconomic status and etc?? I am thinking ONE Brax3 for the real me and One Brax 3 for the unknown me—“the shadow” me?

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Unless you are an oligarch’s favorite child or owe money to the american heritage foundation, you don’t actually need that kind of protection

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How do we deal with these attacks? I get 3-6 unsolicited attacks each day by voice Monday through Friday. It is so frequent that I am learning to speak another language.

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I watch Scammer Payback and Kitboga do get some ideas. But the talking quickly turns into downloading an app or visiting an unknown website. I have tried using a virtual machine for protection and some of these sites look deceiving.

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Thank you for this clear explanation.

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That gets political. But if you check the amount of data the systems are uploading to google/apple/M$ and how MFA is tightly bound to US companies, I am starting to be afraid.
You realize the guy in command can order these US companies to disable MFA for foreign countries - and the entire economy literally stops.
And - if one day they need anything against you, the archives of Google, Apple, M$ & Co. will provide this in their history archives.
This has happened in 39 already and is literally repeating right now.
So yes, I protect my privacy however I can - even though I’m painting a big target on my back because I do just that.

Still wondering why he hasn’t threatened us with that.

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I’m using the “reinforced” setting on the iode app, so hopefully that’s good enough in terms of bank apps and Amazon. Using the browser for those things on the phone is not ideal. :unamused_face:

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Can you explain this please?